Incumbents Squeak To Re-election

Item: Incumbents rule: But challengers take races to the wire /Alecia Warren & Bill Buley, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: After a slew of neck and neck races, voters chose to keep all incumbents on the Coeur d’Alene City Council, with Mayor Sandi Bloem defeating challenger Joseph Kunka, council member Woody McEvers trumping Steve Adams, council member Mike Kennedy defeating Jim Brannon and council member Deanna Goodlander beating Dan Gookin. Mike Kennedy had the tightest win of the day, keeping council seat 2 by a wisp of five votes. Kennedy finished with 3,165 votes (50.04 percent of the votes) to Brannon’s 3,160.

• Complete Coeur d’Alene election result in drop-down box

Question: Why were these races so tight?

COEUR D’ALENE MAYOR
(Vote for )  1
(WITH 28 OF 28 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Sandi Bloem.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,955   62.09
Joseph B. Kunka  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,388   37.49
WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        27     .42
Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,370

COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL SEAT #2
(Vote for )  1
(WITH 28 OF 28 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jim Brannon.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,160   49.96
Mike Kennedy  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,165   50.04
Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,325

COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL #4
(Vote for )  1
(WITH 28 OF 28 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Steve Adams.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,919   47.09
Woody McEvers .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,280   52.91
Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,199

COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL SEAT #6
(Vote for )  1
(WITH 28 OF 28 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Deanna Goodlander.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,146   50.23
Dan Gookin .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,117   49.77
Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,263